svimma
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Old Norse[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *swimmaną.
Verb[edit]
svimma (singular past indicative svamm, plural past indicative summu, past participle summinn)
- (intransitive) to swim
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of svimma — active (strong class 3)
infinitive | svimma | |
---|---|---|
present participle | svimmandi | |
past participle | summinn | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | svimm | svamm |
2nd-person singular | svimmr | svammt |
3rd-person singular | svimmr | svamm |
1st-person plural | svimmum | summum |
2nd-person plural | svimmið | summuð |
3rd-person plural | svimma | summu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | svimma | symma |
2nd-person singular | svimmir | symmir |
3rd-person singular | svimmi | symmi |
1st-person plural | svimmim | symmim |
2nd-person plural | svimmið | symmið |
3rd-person plural | svimmi | symmi |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | svimm | |
1st-person plural | svimmum | |
2nd-person plural | svimmið |
Conjugation of svimma — mediopassive (strong class 3)
infinitive | svimmask | |
---|---|---|
present participle | svimmandisk | |
past participle | summizk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | svimmumk | summumk |
2nd-person singular | svimmsk | svammzk |
3rd-person singular | svimmsk | svammsk |
1st-person plural | svimmumsk | summumsk |
2nd-person plural | svimmizk | summuzk |
3rd-person plural | svimmask | summusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | svimmumk | symmumk |
2nd-person singular | svimmisk | symmisk |
3rd-person singular | svimmisk | symmisk |
1st-person plural | svimmimsk | symmimsk |
2nd-person plural | svimmizk | symmizk |
3rd-person plural | svimmisk | symmisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | svimmsk | |
1st-person plural | svimmumsk | |
2nd-person plural | svimmizk |
Descendants[edit]
- Faroese: svimja
- Icelandic: svimma, svima, symja
- Norn: suma
- Norwegian Nynorsk: symja, svemja
- Jamtish: symi
- Elfdalian: simma
- Old Swedish: symma
- Swedish: simma
- Scanian: sømma
- Old Danish: swimmæ
- Gutnish: sime
References[edit]
- “svimma”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Low German swimen, cf. Danish besvime, Norwegian Bokmål besvime, Norwegian Nynorsk svime, English sweem, Dutch zwijm, from Proto-Germanic *swindaną. Likely unrelated to English swoon.
Verb[edit]
svimma (present svimmar, preterite svimmade, supine svimmat, imperative svimma)
- to faint; to lose consciousness
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of svimma (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | svimma | — | ||
Supine | svimmat | — | ||
Imperative | svimma | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | svimmen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | svimmar | svimmade | — | — |
Ind. plural1 | svimma | svimmade | — | — |
Subjunctive2 | svimme | svimmade | — | — |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | svimmande | |||
Past participle | svimmad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- svimma in Svensk ordbok.
Categories:
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse verbs
- Old Norse intransitive verbs
- Old Norse class 3 strong verbs
- Swedish terms derived from Middle Low German
- Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish verbs
- Swedish weak verbs